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By rotating the control

Using the rotary

(the SEEK/AMS control)

commander

The rotary commander works by pressing

buttons and/or rotating controls.

You can also control the optional CD or MD

units with the rotary commander.

By pressing buttons

(the SOURCE and MODE buttons)

Rotate the control and release it to:

•Locate the beginnings of tracks on the

tape. Rotate and hold the control, and

release it to fast-wind the tape. To start

(SOURCE)

playback while fast-winding the tape,

press (MODE).

•Locate a specific track on a disc. Rotate

and hold the control until you locate the

(MODE)

specific point in a track, then release it to

start playback.

•Tune in stations automatically. Rotate and

hold the control to find a specific station.

Each time you press (SOURCE), the

source changes as follows:

By pushing in and rotating the

TUNER t CD* t MD* t TAPE

control (the PRESET/DISC control)

Pressing (MODE) changes the operation

in the following ways;

• Tuner: FM1 t FM2 t FM3 t

MW t LW

• CD unit*: CD1 t CD2 t …

• MD unit*: MD1 t MD2 t …

• Tape: playback direction

* If the corresponding optional equipment is

not connected, the item will not appear.

Push in and rotate the control to:

•Receive the stations memorised on the

number buttons.

•Change the disc.

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Other operations

Changing the operative direction

Rotate the VOL control to

The operative direction of controls is factory-

adjust the volume.

set as shown below.

Press (ATT) to

attenuate the

To increase

sound.

OFF

Press (OFF) to turn

off the unit.

To decrease

Note

If you need to mount the rotary commander on

When installing in a car without ACC (accessory)

the right hand side of the steering column, you

position on the ignition key switch, press (OFF) for

can reverse the operative direction.

two seconds to turn off the clock display after

turning off the engine.

Press (SOUND) to

adjust sound

menu.

Press (DSPL) to change

the displayed items.

Press (SOUND) for two seconds while

pushing the VOL control.

Tip

While the ATA function is activated, the display

(TAPE y TUNER) can be changed by pressing

Tip

(DSPL).

You can also change the operative direction of

these controls with the unit (see “Changing the

sound and display settings” on page 23).

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Adjusting the sound

Changing the sound and

characteristics

display settings

You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and

The following items can be set:

fader.

You can store the bass and treble levels

Set (Setting)

independently for each source.

•Clock (page 10).

•CT (Clock Time) (page 20).

1 Select the item you want to adjust by

•Beep — to turn the beep sound on or off.

pressing (SOUND) repeatedly.

•RM (Rotary Commander) — to change the

operative direction of the rotary commander.

Each time you press (SOUND), the item

— Select “norm” to use the rotary

changes as follows:

commander as the factory-set position.

BAS (bass) t TRE (treble) t

— Select “rev” when you mount the rotary

BAL (left-right) t FAD (front-rear)

commander on the right side of the

steering column.

•English/Polish/Czech/Turkish — to change

2 Adjust the selected item by pressing

the display language to English, Polish,

< or ,.

Czech or Turkish.

When adjusting with the rotary

commander, press (SOUND) and rotate the

VOL control.

Dis (Display)

•D.Info (Dual Information) — to display the

Note

clock and the play mode simultaneously (on),

Adjust within three seconds after selecting the

or to display the information alternately (off).

item.

•SA (Spectrum Analyzer) — to change the

display pattern of the equalizer display

(page 25).

•Dimmer — to change the brightness of the

display (When the Illumination terminal

Attenuating the sound

connected).

— Select “on” to dim the display.

Press (ATT) on card remote commander

— Select “off” to deactivate Dimmer.

or the rotary commander.

•Contrast — to adjust the contrast if the

“ATT on” appears momentarily.

indications in the display are not

recognisable because of the unit’s installed

To restore the previous volume level, press

position.

(ATT) again.

•M.Dspl (Motion Display) — to turn the

motion display on or off.

Tip

•A.Scrl (Auto Scroll) (page 27).

When the interface cable of a car telephone is

connected to the ATT lead, the unit decreases the

continue to next page t

volume automatically when a telephone call comes

in.

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1 Press (MENU).

Boosting the bass sound

2 Press M or m repeatedly until the desired

— D-bass

item appears.

You can enjoy a clear and powerful bass

sound. The D-bass function boosts the low

Each time you press m, the item changes as

frequency signal and high frequency signal

follows:

with a sharper curve than conventional bass

Example

Clock t CT t Beep t RM t

boost.

English/Polish/Czech/Turkish t D.Info t SA

You can hear the bass line more clearly even

1

2

t Dimmer t Contrast t M.Dspl*

t A.Scrl*

while the vocal volume remains the same. You

1

can emphasize and adjust the bass sound

*

When no CD or MD is playing, this item will

easily with the D-BASS button.

not appear.

2

*

When the radio is off, or when no tape, CD,

D-BASS 3

or MD is playing, this item will not appear.

D-BASS 2

Level

D-BASS 1

D-BASS 3

Note

D-BASS 2

The displayed item will differ depending on the

D-BASS 1

source.

0dB

Frequency (Hz)

Tip

You can easily switch among categories (“Set,”

“Snd” (Sound), “P/M” (Play Mode) and “Dis”) by

Adjusting the bass curve

pressing M or m for two seconds.

Press (D-BASS) repeatedly to select the

desired bass curve.

3 Press , to select the desired setting

As the D-BASS number increases so does

(Example: on or off).

the effect.

D-BASS 1 t D-BASS 2 t D-BASS 3 t

4 Press (ENTER).

D-BASS off

After the mode setting is complete, the

display returns to normal playback mode.

Note

The bass sound may distort at same volume. If the

bass sound distorts, select less effective bass curve.

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Selecting the spectrum

Adjusting the sound and

analyser

frequency of the equalizer

The sound signal level is displayed on a

preamplifier

spectrum analyser. You can select a display

This unit can also control an optional equalizer

pattern from 1 to 6, or the automatic display

preamplifier.

mode.

This lets you add some effects to the sound

field of the currently selected source.

1 Press (SOURCE) to select a source (tuner,

tape, CD, or MD).

For details, refer to the instructions manual

supplied with the equalizer preamplifier.

2 Press (MENU).

3 Press M or m repeatedly until “SA”

appears.

4 Press < or , repeatedly to select the

desired setting.

B SA 1 bB … SA 6 b

B SA Auto* bB SA off b

* All of these display patterns appear one by

one automatically.

5 Press (ENTER).

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With Optional Equipment

Basic operations of DAB

DAB

Searching for the Ensemble and

Service

— Automatic Tuning

Overview of DAB

1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the

tuner.

DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is a new

multimedia broadcasting system that transmits

2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select

audio programmes with a quality comparable

“DAB.”

to that of CDs. This is made possible by the use

of a microcomputer in the DAB tuner which

3 Press and hold < or , until “Seek +” or

uses the radio signals sent from multiple

“Seek –” appears.

aerials and multi-path signals (reflected radio

waves) to boost the strength of the main signal.

This makes DAB almost immune to radio

interference even in a moving object such as a

car.

Each DAB station bundles radio programmes

(services) into an ensemble which it then

4 Press < or , to search the desired

broadcasts. Each service contains one or more

service.

components. All ensembles, services, and

components are identified by name, so you can

Note

access any of them without having to know

The “

” indication flashes while the unit is

their frequencies.

searching for the Ensemble.

DAB programme

Ensemble

Selecting the Ensemble

Service

— Manual Tuning

Service

If you know the channel number of Ensemble,

Service

follow the procedure below to tune in.

Component

1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the

Component

tuner.

Component

2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select

“DAB.”

3 Press M or m until “Ch. XXX” appears.

Notes

• The DAB system is actually in a testing phase.

This means some services have not been

sufficiently defined or are presently being tested.

At present, such services are not supported by

the optional DAB tuner unit XT-100DAB.

• DAB programmes are broadcast in Band-III (174

4 Press M or m repeatedly until the desired

to 240 MHz) and L-Band (1,452 to 1,492 MHz),

channel number appears.

with each band divided into channels (41 in

Band-III and 23 in L-Band). One ensemble is

Tips

broadcast per channel by each DAB station.

• More than one channel may broadcast the same

• When you change the mode from FM3 to DAB,

Ensemble.

all the AF TA modes stay active.

• If you select the Ensemble service but cannot

• When you change any of the AF TA modes in

receive it, the “

” indication flashes.

DAB, that mode stays active in FM1.

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Receiving the memorised services

Following procedure is available after

Presetting DAB services

presetting the service. For details on presetting

automatically — BTM

the services, refer to “Presetting DAB services

automatically” (page 33), and “Presetting DAB

The BTM (Best Tuning Memory) function picks

services manually” (page 34).

out DAB ensembles and automatically assigns

the services within the ensembles to preset

1 Press (SOURCE) repeatedly to select the

service numbers. The unit can preset up to 40

tuner.

services. If services have been previously set,

the BTM function operates under the following

conditions:

2 Press (MODE) repeatedly to select

•If you activate the BTM function while

“DAB.”

listening to a preset service, the unit will

store detected services (by overwriting) only

3 Press M or m repeatedly to select the

to preset numbers higher than that of the

preset service.

current present service.

•If you activate the function while listening to

Tip

a service that is not preset, the unit will

There is another way to receive the preset service.

replace the contents of all preset numbers.

Press the number buttons ((1) to (6)) of the unit

•In both cases above, if the unit detects a

on which the desired service is stored.

service that is identical to one already preset,

the previously stored service remains

The receiving mode of the DAB tuner is

unchanged and the newly detected service is

displayed according to the chart below:

not preset.

Indication Level Receive mode

1 While listening to a DAB programme,

(flash) 0 cannot receive

press (MENU).

2 Press M or m repeatedly until “BTM”

1 poor reception

appears.

3 Press (ENTER).

2 so-so

A beep sounds when the service is stored.

After activating the BTM function, the unit

tunes the service assigned in the preset

3 moderate

memory 1 automatically.

Note

4 good reception

If the unit can only tune in a few services, the BTM

function may not assign services to all the preset

service numbers.

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Replacing the services in preset

Presetting DAB services

memories

manually

— Manual Preset Memory

Press M or m to select “Over Wrt” in step 4,

then press (ENTER).

You can also preset DAB services manually or

delete a service which is already preset. Note

Adding the services in preset

that up to 40 services (preset either by the BTM

function or manually) can be preset to the

memories

unit’s memory.

Press M or m to select “Insert” in step 4, then

press (ENTER).

1 While listening to a DAB programme,

Erasing the services in preset

press (MENU).

memories

Press M or m to select “Delete” in step 4, then

2 Press M or m repeatedly until

press (ENTER).

“PresetEdit” appears, then press

(ENTER).

Tip

There is another way to preset the service.

3 Select the service and the preset number

After receiving the service, press the number

you want to preset.

buttons ((1) to (6)) of the unit until a beep

sounds.

1 Press < or , to select the service.

2 Press M or m to select the preset

number.

3 Press (ENTER).

4 Press M or m to select “Over Wrt.”

Each time you press m, the edit command

changes as follows:

B Over Wrt B Insert* B Delete

* “Insert” does not appear if the maximum

number of services (40) is already preset in

memory.

To preset other services, repeat steps 3 and

4.

5 Press (ENTER).

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Changing the display item

Listening to a DAB

When you press (LIST) once, the list selected

last time appears.

programme

Each time you press (LIST), the list changes as

follows:

Follow the procedure below to tune in a DAB

programme manually.

V

You can also store DAB services in the unit’s

ENS (Ensemble list)

memory for instant tuning (see “Presetting

V

DAB services automatically (BTM)” on page

SRV (Service list)

33).

V

CMP (Component list)

1 While listening to a DAB programme,

V

press (LIST) repeatedly until the

PRS (Preset list)

Ensemble List appears.

V

DAB (Cancel)

2 Press M or m until the desired ensemble

appears, then press (ENTER).

Automatic updating of the

ensemble list

3 Press (LIST) repeatedly to until the

When you perform the BTM function for the

Service List appears.

first time, all the ensembles available in your

area are automatically stored. When you

4 Press M or m repeatedly until the desired

perform the BTM function again, the contents

service appears, then press (ENTER).

of these lists are updated in accordance with

the conditions described on page 32.

An ensemble is added to the respective list

5 Press (LIST) repeatedly until the

when it is received during Automatic Tuning

Component List appears.

or Manual Tuning but is unlisted.

An unlisted ensemble is also deleted from the

6 Press M or m until the desired component

respective list when:

appears, then press (ENTER).

•you select an ensemble from the list, but it

cannot be received.

Tip

•you perform Automatic Tuning or Manual

To check the name of the current component,

Tuning to receive a listed ensemble, service,

ensemble or service, press (LIST) repeatedly until

or the component, but it cannot be received.

the respective list appears in the display. The name

of the currently selected item flashes.

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Settings on the audio

Locating a DAB service by

reception

programme type (PTY)

DAB can contain multi-channel audio. You can

You can use the PTY (Programme type

select main or sub-channel for reception. Also,

selection) function to tune in the programme

if you turn on the DRC (Dynamic Range

you want.

Control) function, the dynamic range on the

service which supports DRC can automatically

1 While listening to a DAB programme,

be extended.

press (DSPL/PTY).

The following items can be set:

•Main/Sub — to selects chennel between

“Main”(main-cannel) and “Sub”(sub-cannel).

2 Press M or m repeatedly to select the

•DRC — to turn on or off the function.

programme type.

1 While listening to a DAB programme,

press (MENU).

2 Press M or m repeatedly until “DRC” or

The programme types appear in the order

“Main (or Sub)” appears.

shown on the page 19.

3 Press < or , to select the desired

3 Press (ENTER).

setting (Example: “on” or “off” ).

4 Press (ENTER).

Note

“Main (or Sub)” appears in the menu only when

the unit is receiving a multi-channel programme.

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Replacing the lithium battery

Additional

When the battery becomes weak, the range of

the card remote commander becomes shorter.

Information

Replace the battery with a new CR2025 lithium

battery.

Maintenance

Fuse replacement

When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one

matching the amperage rating stated on the

original fuse. If the fuse blows, check the

power connection and replace the fuse. If the

fuse blows again after replacement, there may

be an internal malfunction. In such a case,

consult your nearest Sony dealer.

x

+ side up

Fuse (10 A)

Warning

Never use a fuse with an amperage rating

Notes on lithium battery

exceeding the one supplied with the unit as

•Keep the lithium battery out of the reach of

this could damage the unit.

children. Should the battery be swallowed,

immediately consult a doctor.

•Wipe the battery with a dry cloth to assure a

good contact.

•Be sure to observe the correct polarity when

installing the battery.

•Do not hold the battery with metallic

tweezers, otherwise a short-circuit may

occur.

WARNING

Battery may explode if mistreated.

Do not recharge, disassemble, or dispose of

in fire.

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If the front panel does not open

Dismounting the unit

because of a blown fuse

1 Press the clip inside the front cover with

With the front panel open

a release key (supplied), and pry the

1 Press (OPEN) of the unit, then press the

front cover free.

clip inside the front cover with a thin

screwdriver, and gently pry the front

cover free.

Release key (supplied)

2 Repeat step 1 on the left side.

The front cover is removed.

2 Repeat step 1 on the left side.

The front cover is removed.

3 Use a release key to push in the clip on

the left side of the unit, then pull out the

3 Use a thin screwdriver to push in the clip

left side of the unit until the catch clears

on the left side of the unit, then pull out

the mounting.

the left side of the unit until the catch

clears the mounting.

4 Repeat step 3 on the right side.

4 Repeat step 3 on the right side.

5 Slide the unit out of the mounting.

5 Slide the unit out of the mounting.

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Specifications

Cassette player section

General

Tape track 4-track 2-channel stereo

Outputs Audio output (2)

Wow and flutter 0.08 % (WRMS)

Power aerial relay control

Frequency response 30 – 20,000 Hz

lead

Signal-to-noise ratio

Power amplifier control

lead

Cassette type

Dolby B NR

Dolby NR off

Inputs Telephone ATT control

TYPE II, IV

67 dB

61 dB

lead

Illumination control lead

TYPE I

64 dB

58 dB

Tone controls Bass ±9 dB at 100 Hz

Treble ±9 dB at 10 kHz

Tuner section

Power requirements 12 V DC car battery

(negative earth)

FM

Dimensions Approx. 178 × 50 × 182 mm

Tuning range 87.5 – 108.0 MHz

(w/h/d)

Aerial terminal External aerial connector

Mounting dimensions Approx. 182 × 53 × 163 mm

Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz/450kHz

(w/h/d)

Usable sensitivity 8 dBf

Mass Approx. 1.3 kg

Selectivity 75 dB at 400 kHz

Supplied accessories Card remote commander

Signal-to-noise ratio 66 dB (stereo),

RM-X96

72 dB (mono)

Parts for installation and

Harmonic distortion at 1 kHz

connections (1 set)

0.6 % (stereo),

Optional accessories Rotary commander

0.3 % (mono)

RM-X4S

Separation 35 dB at 1 kHz

BUS cable (supplied with

Frequency response 30 – 15,000 Hz

an RCA pin cord)

RC-61 (1 m), RC-62 (2 m)

MW/LW

Optional equipment CD changer (10 discs)

CDX-828, CDX-737

Tuning range MW: 531 – 1,602 kHz

MD changer (6 discs)

LW: 153 – 279 kHz

MDX-65

Aerial terminal External aerial connector

Other CD/MD units with

Intermediate frequency 10.7 MHz/450 kHz

the Sony-BUS system

Sensitivity MW: 30 µV

Source selector

LW: 40 µV

XA-C30

DAB tuner unit

Power amplifier section

XT-100DAB

Digital equalizer

Outputs Speaker outputs

preamplifier

Speaker impedance 4 – 8 ohms

XDP-210EQ, XDP-4000X

Maximum power output 50 W × 4 (at 4 ohms)

Design and specifications are subject to change

without notice.

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Troubleshooting guide

The following checklist will help you remedy the problems you may encounter with your unit.

Before going through the checklist below, check the connections and operating procedures.

General

Problem

Cause/Solution

No sound.

•Cancel the ATT function.

•Set the fader control to the centre position for two-speaker

systems.

•Press (+) of the VOL buttons to adjust the volume.

The contents of the memory

• The power cord or battery has been disconnected.

have been erased.

• The reset button was pressed.

t Store again into the memory.

The sound is noisy.

You are using a mobile phone.

Tape playback

Problem

Cause/Solution

The sound is distorted.

The tape head is contaminated.

t Clean the head with a commercially available dry-type

cleaning cassette.

The AMS does not operate

• There is noise in the space between tracks.

correctly.

• A blank space is too short (less than four seconds).

• A long pause, or a passage of low frequencies or very low

sound level is treated as a blank space.

Radio reception

Problem

Cause/Solution

Preset tuning is not possible.

• Store the correct frequency in the memory.

• The broadcast signal is too weak.

Automatic tuning is not

•The broadcast signal is too weak.

possible.

t Use manual tuning.

•The local seek mode is set to “on.”

t Set the local seek mode to “off” (page 14).

The stations cannot be

Connect a power aerial control lead (blue) or accessory power

received.

supply lead (red) to the power supply lead of a car’s aerial

The sound is hampered by

booster. (When your car has built-in FM/MW/LW aerial in the

noises.

rear/side glass only.)

The “ST” indication flashes.

•Tune in the frequency accurately.

•The broadcast signal is too weak.

t Set to Mono mode (page 14).

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